Materials

JSR to Complete 115B Yen Transfer of Elastomers Business to Eneos in April 2022

Leading synthetic rubber manufacturer JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) has announced plans to transfer its elastomers business to Eneos Corp. Due to be completed on April 1, 2022, the deal here will be based on a valuation of 115 billion yen ($1.05 billion). Commenting on the deal, JSR CEO Eric Johnson acknowledged that elastomers have been a core business for JSR since...

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Zeon Posts Sales Decline for Elastomer Business in FY2020 Results

Zeon Corp. (TYO:4205) has posted its business results for fiscal 2020, revealing sales revenue of 301.96 billion yen ($2.77 billion), down 6.2 percent year on year, and an operating income of 33.41 billion yen, up 28 percent. Speaking at the results briefing, company director Kazuyoshi Matsuura said that with customer industries having made a recovery in recent months, the January–April...

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Toyoda Gosei Projects Revenue Growth for 2021 Following Mixed Bag of Results for 2020

Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (TYO:7282) has reported its business results for fiscal 2020 and announced its projections for fiscal 2021. The company’s results for last fiscal year saw sales revenue fall 11.2 percent year-on-year to 721.5 billion yen ($6.61 billion), while operating profit rose 103.9 percent to 36.48 billion yen and net profit rose 213.6 percent to 35.21 billion yen....

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JSR Anticipates 5% Revenue Growth From Elastomers for 2021

JSR Corp. (TYO:4185) has announced its earnings forecast for fiscal 2021. The synthetic rubber manufacturer projects that it will be able to generate 468 billion yen ($4.28 billion) in sales revenue, up 4.8 percent year-on-year; 53 billion yen in core operating profit, up 104.1 percent; and 32 billion yen in net profit, a major turnaround from the 55.2 billion yen...

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Lanxess Japan to Focus on Consumer Protection, New Mobility, Additives

Lanxess KK, the Japanese arm of German chemicals manufacturer Lanxess AG, held an online press conference on April 9 in which President Taiga Harigai presented the firm’s activity plans for fiscal 2021. Based on these plans, Lanxess aims to focus its efforts on three fields in particular: consumer protection, new mobility and additives. More broadly, Harigai noted that the company...

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Tokai Carbon Plans Price Hike for May, Citing Cost Increases

Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. (TYO:5301) announced on April 12 that it will be implementing a price hike on shipments of all carbon black grades from its domestic Japanese plants, including export shipments. The price increase is set to come to 26.8 yen ($0.25) per kilogram, which will be put into effect starting with shipments made on May 1. Explaining its...

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